November 20th, 2022
ICRA Conference 2022: 'Legacy: The Artist's View' - 5 Top names sponsor the event
We are privileged that five sponsors are supporting the 2022 ICRA Conference, ‘Legacy: The Artist’s View’. Together they represent the highest quality of service and expertise in the global art market. They are: Christie’s, Constantine Cannon, Navigating.art, Phillips Fiduciary Services and Sotheby’s.
Find out a little more about them all below.
Founded in 1766, Christie’s is the world’s leading auction house. Renowned and trusted for its expert live and online auctions, as well as its bespoke private sales, Christie’s offers a full portfolio of global services to its clients, including art appraisal, art financing, international real estate and education.
Christie’s auctions span more than 80 art and luxury categories, at price points ranging from $200 to over $100 million. Christie’s has sold 8 of the 10 most important single-owner collections in history, including the Paul G. Allen Collection—the most valuable collection, and philanthropic sale, ever offered at auction (November 2022).In recent years, Christie’s also achieved the world record price for an artwork at auction (Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, 2017),for a 20th century artwork (Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, 2022) and for a work by a living artist (Jeff Koons’ Rabbit, 2019).
Christie’s is dedicated to advancing responsible culture throughout its business and communities worldwide, including achieving sustainability through net zero carbon emissions by 2030, and actively using its platform in the art world to amplify under-represented voices and support positive change.
Leading law firm, Constantine Cannon LLP, spearheads Art and Cultural Property Law practice. It is one of the largest practice groups in the world exclusively dedicated to serving art collectors, art businesses and artists and their estates internationally across the entire field of art and cultural property law including art litigation, Nazi-era restitutions, cultural patrimony claims, multi-million dollar art transactions and new museum planning and management.
Navigating.art is an all-in-one art information platform providing digital solutions for the changing needs of 21st-century art professionals. The Navigating.art platform offers comprehensive functionality for doing business in the art world, creating and managing prestigious collections, preparing and publishing evidence-based catalogues raisonnés, as well as dedicated digital archives.
Phillips Fiduciary Services is a bespoke resource for fiduciaries such as lawyers and executors in which Phillips makes available, free of charge, the legal, financial, and art market expertise of Phillips’ Legal and Trust and Estates departments operating in many different jurisdictions and regularly working with clients and lawyers all over the world. Their combined knowledge and unrivalled experience gained from dealing with questions of art valuation, attribution, restitution, copyright, import, and export, serve as a unique set of resources for lawyers, trustees and fiduciaries managing high value artworks and collections for their clients. Fiduciaries needing to have a detailed understanding of both the law and practice relating to complex financial arrangements, authenticity, and title issues, will be able to look to Phillips’ Fiduciary Services Team to answer any questions they may have.
Established in 1744, Sotheby’s is the world’s premier destination for art and luxury. Sotheby’s promotes access to and ownership of exceptional art and luxury objects through auctions and buy-now channels including private sales, e-commerce and retail. Our trusted global marketplace is supported by an industry-leading technology platform and a network of specialists spanning 40 countries and 70 categories which include Contemporary Art, Modern and Impressionist Art, Old Masters, Chinese Works of Art, Jewelry, Watches, Wine and Spirits, and Design, as well as collectible cars and real estate. Sotheby’s believes in the transformative power of art and culture and is committed to making our industries more inclusive, sustainable and collaborative.